The study aimed to identify factors that limit women’s intention to participate in leadership and management positions in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Bahir Dar district and to forward some possible recommendations for solving the problems identified by the study.In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a sample of 172 respondents were selected by classifying the whole population in to two strata, hence the first strata consists those women employees in the managerial positions and the second strata includes those who are in non-managerial positions. The data used in this study were mainly primary and cross sectional survey method was used in data gathering from those sample respondents by using questionnaire and the data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study incorporates sociocultural, organizational and personal factors as independent variables and women’s intention to participate in leadership and management positions as dependant variable and it tried to show cause effect relationship between these variables. After careful review of literatures with regard to the relationship between independent and dependant variables, the hypotheses were developed to guide and to be tested based on the result of inferential statistics. From these three factors sociocultural and organizational factors have negative and significant effect on women’s intention to participate in leadership and management in CBE, Bahir Dar district. Therefore, these factors can cause gender gap in leadership positions and an ambitious dealing with the gender inequality in leadership such as encouraging leadership through motivating, networking, mentoring, providing leadership training and empowering women in decision making systematically might narrow down the persisting gaps and can help women to come forward.